Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,880, Amariah Force, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Force, Amariah
NUMBER
S. 34.880
CONTENTS
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10,632
Massachusetts.
Amariah Force
of Holliston in the state of Mass ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Read — of the Mass ts line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massach ts at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of May 1819 and sent to Hon: John Davis, Judge, Boston.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 85.56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819. 48 —
10. 17 / 30  4 / 31 — $133.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester , certify, that Pearly Hunt Esquire before whom the annexed Affidavits have been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this seventeenth day of March
A. D. 1819.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
Application of } Mariah Thorne }

Verification sent Nov. 2 nd 1820 to Dear Cousin. Hope

B Adams Chapin Esq & Cleophas Green, (Deposition,

I Adams Chapin Esq. of Milford in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby Testify & declare that I served in the Revolution War as an Ensign & Quarter master in the Company of Capt Samuel Warren Col Joseph Read's Regiment on the Continental Establishment the whole of the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy six & that Amaniah Hovee now residing in Hattiston served as a Private Soldier in the same Company with me without being absent a day to my knowledge and was dismissed or discharged at Peter's Hill at the same time with me on the first of January Seventeen hundred & Seventy seven Adams Chapin
Worcester ss. March 13 th 1819 Then the above named Adams Chapin made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me Pearley Hunt Justice of the Peace
I Cleophas Green of Hattiston  Hattiston in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby Testify & Say that I served in the Revolution War in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy six in Capt Peters's Company of Col Joseph Read's Regiment on the Continental Establishment & was dismissed at Peter's Hill on the first of January Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven & am well acquainted with Amaniah Hovee now of Hattiston & that he served in Capt Warrens Company and in said Read's Regiment last term of one year and was discharged the same time with me
Cleophas Green
Worcester ss. March 13: 1819 Then the above named Cleophas Green Made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me Pearley Hunt Justice of the Peace
The subscribers do hereby certify that the above named Adams Chapin Esq. & Cleophas Green are both Men of Truth and Respectable - Pearley Hunt Justice of the Peace

7 Amosakeh Force
10632
Residence Holliston
The value of the property must be certified by the Clerk
Continue
Is it the opinion of the Court that the property exhibited on the schedule is of no value?
great impudence for a Clerk in any Office! S. Dana Why did you alter it then?
Ghost of David Starr defend us!

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Amariah Force resident in Holiston in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 10632. now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Amariah Force late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen J. L. Edwards in the absence and on behalf of the J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Table with 2 columns: Description of assets, Value in dollars and cents. Assets include Cows & Pigs, Household Furniture, Carpenters Tools, Debts due from Joseph Howson, Debts due from Eliphalet Holbrook, A Piece of land in the West Parish in Medway.
Declared sworn to before S Dana Judge
And said Amariah Force declares that the following is a true list of debts due from him to wit,
Table with 2 columns: Creditor, Amount. Creditors include Dr John Seammell, Dr Oliver Dean, Dr Brown, Dr John Fisk.

  " Sylvester Dean . . . . . 17 00   " to Dr Daniel Humber . . . . . 4 ..   " to John Wales . . . . . 4   " to Joel Hayward . . . . . 5   " to Lewis Fisher . . . . . 9 -   " to Willard Johnson . . . . . 8   " to Jno Hill . . . . . 3 59   " to Joseph Rockwood . . . . . 18 -   " to Davis Hayer . . . . . 10   " to Olo Fairbanks . . . . . 14   " to for Fairbanks & Co . . . . . 13   " to Sally McTear . . . . . 53 40   $ 190 99 
And the said Amariah Force being first sworn doth declare that he served in the war of the Revolution twenty months, the first eight months, and then upon the Continental establishment for one year in the Company of Cap t Sam Warren in Col o Joseph Read's Reg t of the Mass a line - He is sixty two years of age by occupation a Carpenter not always able to labour, his family consists of his wife Lera aged fifty one year, of feeble health and for some years unable to labour five children who are healthy and able to maintain themselves except two whom I support.
Amariah Force
Declared & sworn to before S d Dana Judge "

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
11. I, Amariah Force do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Amariah Force
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Amariah Force took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Sam c Dana Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
nothing one hundred & seventy seven dollars twenty one cents liable to the debt herein stated
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820 .
Attr. Abraham Biglow

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
April 14 1926
Chief Rev. & War 1812 Division.
I have this day received from Miss A. G. Wilson 13 Senex Place New Brighton, N.Y. City cash No. (Com)
for $90/100 (90¢), requesting photostat copy 6 pages post-office address as per
letter herewith. Rev. War pension claim S 34880 of Amariah Force.
O. J. Randall
Chief Finance Div.
am
Apr 20 2 26 photo. Mailed Finance Div. N.Y. City

Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate.)
3-2006
Ex. Aut
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 3265
Date Apr 17, 1926
Subject Amariah Force, Rev. 834850
1 copies of 4 pieces consisting of 6 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.) forwarded when completed to the Rev 1872 Ward Section Division.
Remarks:
Approved:
ABKilow
Chief Division. Sec.
Chief Clerk.

April 14, 1926..
Commissioner of Pensions,
Please furnish photostat copies of six pages not certified, from the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 34880 of Amariah Force,
recd payment 90 cents
W. Nelson Chief Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
R. W. Vosburgh 13 Lenox Place New Brighton New York City

34 880
Rev INVALID.
File No. 84,880
Mariah Horce
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 1/2 2
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1926 Apr. 20. photos. mailed to Amelia R. W. Vosburgh. All

No 415
Amariah of Force
76 - 1700
Vienna Map No.
Page
to certify as to the names of the persons who have been admitted
[Large handwritten signature/initials]
New evidence B

United States
Massachusetts District -
Amariah Foss of Holliston in the county of Middlesex and District of Massachusetts a resident citizen of the United States and applicant for a pension from the United States under an Act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the war of the revolution that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for upwards of nine months in manner following viz He enlisted in December 1775 in the company commanded by Captain Warren in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed and served in said corps until January 1777, when his time had expired and is in such reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country -
Amariah Foss
Massachusetts District ss.
Boston 14. April 1818
Sworn to before me
M c Alister
Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
30. March 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Amariah Force by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c Devitt
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 12 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Amariah Foss subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
J. D. Dyer
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

Attenden march of 1 th 1779 These may Certify that Amariah Ferse was in the Service the first year after the Fight at Roxbury under Capt Warren in Col Read Regiment and went to New York
Samuel Warren